An average of at least 47 women and girls were killed each day during the war in Gaza, according to figures published by UN Women on Friday, with the agency warning that deaths have continued six months into a fragile ceasefire.
More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025, the report found. Sofia Calltorp, UN Women’s humanitarian action head, told reporters in Geneva that women and girls “accounted for a proportion of deaths far higher than those observed in previous conflicts in Gaza.”
The agency expressed concern that killings have persisted since the October ceasefire, though exact figures remain unavailable due to a lack of gender-disaggregated data. The ceasefire halted two years of full-scale war but left Israeli troops controlling a depopulated zone spanning more than half of Gaza, with Hamas retaining authority over the remaining coastal strip.
More than 750 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire, according to local medics, while militants have killed four Israeli soldiers. Both sides have accused the other of violations.
Around one million women and girls remain displaced across Gaza. World Health Organization data shows more than 500,000 women lack access to essential healthcare services, including antenatal and postnatal care.
UNICEF separately reported that children continue to be killed at alarming rates, with at least 214 child deaths recorded in the six months since the ceasefire took effect.
The report underscores the disproportionate humanitarian toll on women and children in the conflict, amid ongoing international calls for a durable peace settlement.
